Dabur India  announced a marginal decline in consolidated net profit for the quarter ended December 2016.  During the quarter, the profit of the company declined 7.50% to Rs 2,937.60 million from Rs 3,175.80 million  in the same quarter last year.

Revenues for the quarter declined 6.04% to Rs 18,529.10 million, compared with Rs 19,720.30 million for the prior year period.

Operating margin for the quarter stood at 18.02 percent  as compared to 19.16 percent for the previous year period.  Operating Income for the quarter was Rs 3,338.80 million, compared with Rs 3778.1 million in the previous year period.

Earnings per share for the quarter stood at Rs 1.66, registering 7.26% decline over previous year period.

Quarterly Results - Consolidated (Rs in mn)
As at	Dec - 16	Dec - 15	%Change
Revenues	18,529.10	19,720.30	(6.04)
Net Profit	2,937.60	3,175.80	(7.50)
Diluted EPS	1.66	1.79	(7.26)

Shares of the company declined Rs 0.15, or 0.05%, to trade at  Rs 276.10.  The total volume of shares traded  was  6,384 at the BSE (11.03 a.m., Wednesday).